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Post by §Murtagh§ on Feb 8, 2007 16:08:44 GMT -5
How many people seriously do not think that Arya is a Mary Sue? *looks around* Hands? Anyone?
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Post by Carsaib on Feb 8, 2007 16:15:06 GMT -5
At first she wasnt.... especially how Durza just was like *POW* "you are mine B****!" Also, think about it: ELVES, being AMBUSHED and KILLED by URGALS?!?!?! that is saying something about their so- called strength... heh...
but when you find Arya again.... she has fallen from being a pathetic fool to a mary sue... im mean come on, she resisted Durza's EVERY attempt, and He's older, knows more, is probably stronger, has evil magic on his side, poisoned her with the most lethal poison in the world, beat her daily and relentlessly... yet she was able to resist him...
I wanted to read that she was brought to the capitol... but she would have probably kicked galbatorix in the groin and beheaded him with a hairpin or something...
(looks up) sorry for the rant...
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Post by §Murtagh§ on Feb 8, 2007 16:20:38 GMT -5
But that was, what, in the first five pages? And she never was so-called "normal" again.
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Post by Carsaib on Feb 8, 2007 16:37:37 GMT -5
Ah, but the second paragraph of my rant statement gives my POV on the middle part of the story... kinda...
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Post by §Murtagh§ on Feb 8, 2007 16:40:16 GMT -5
Ish...xD But, I mean seriously. She's pretty and good at everything. She can use magic and she's an elven princess. How much more of a Mary Sue could CP make her? Except of course, if she becomes the rider of the green dragon, which is guaranteed to happen.
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Post by Arry on Feb 8, 2007 16:56:52 GMT -5
*nod nod* I mean, AT least cripple her. I"m probably going to end up somehow crippling Nos xD Maybe like, she gives her self a tattoo...Hm, that would be interesting. Taken a sharpened quil point and each poking it into her skin with ink...Painful xD
I'll probably end up giving her an injury sometime durning the roleplay, perhaps a slight gimp or something, it will go away eventually for all things do heal XP
Bleh, Stops my scheming. Yet Arya...Princess too! Bleh, AND she's named after Arwen. The english translation for Arwen is Arya. Arwen means noble, and Arya is a noble...Psh, Can Paolini be ANY more creative *sarcastic*
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Post by §Murtagh§ on Feb 8, 2007 16:58:21 GMT -5
I'm actually writing an RGE (Reading Generated Experiment) for my Creative Writing class, in which we have to pick a main character that we would kill off, and why we would do so. It's a free write for the most part, which is just whatever comes into our heads at the moment and has no structure whatsoever...Here's mine. I was kind of in a bad mood then...if that explains some of the, erm, oddness.
The character that I would kill off in the book that I am reading (Eldest, by Christopher Paolini) would be Arya, because she seriously needs to die. Paolini made her a total Mary Sue, which means that she can’t do anything wrong. She’s perfect in every way. She’s pretty, she’s a princess, she’s an elf, and she’s perfect at everything she tries to do. It drives me insane because there is no perfect being—elf or human. One of the main things that would result from Arya’s death would be the fact that because Eragon (the main character in the Inheritance trilogy) is in love with her, he’d be heartbroken that she died. And I would laugh because I’m exactly that fond of Eragon either. He seriously needs to get a life when it comes to her. I wince at the thought of any children they might have together. There might have to be a whole new race to accommodate all of the perfect “Sues”. Also, because Arya is the most likely candidate for Paolini to make the Rider of the green dragon, (yeah, let’s just make her more of a Mary Sue!) Paolini would be forced to choose someone else within the series, whether it is Nasuada, Roran, or some other character that he has not yet introduced into the trilogy, which wouldn’t be all that much of a bad thing now that I think about it. In fact, if Arya and Eragon were killed, and Saphira lived, the land of Alagaësia would be a much better place because all of the normal people wouldn’t have to deal with the “Sues” that seem to be taking over in Christopher Paolini’s writing. As a backup character to Arya, in case for some reason she lived through that (and knowing her, she would) I would kill off Eragon because he has the same perfect problems that Arya does. But then Eragon’s dragon, Saphira would die as well (because of their bonded relationship), and I wouldn’t want that to happen because Saphira’s cool. So, most unfortunately, Eragon has to live. To kill off Arya, I would most likely make her do something extremely idiotic, like accidentally walk off a cliff or something, because she has never done anything really stupid before, and she is way overdue, after living for well over a hundred years.
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Post by Arry on Feb 8, 2007 17:13:37 GMT -5
*Clap* Lovely! It made me chuckle a bit, The part with "There might have to be a whole new race to accommodate all of the perfect “Sues”."
I was cracking up a bit XD Wonderful though, I loved it.
What I find funny with Eragon is though. FINALLY he's not perfect, he's a cripple. THEN Paolini goes and makes him this perfect little hybrid thinger of some sort. Like, All Elven Princling-ish. So-UGH!
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Post by §Murtagh§ on Feb 8, 2007 17:21:55 GMT -5
Thanks, I was a bit mad at Arya then...xD Especially with that last sentence there.
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Post by shana on Feb 9, 2007 4:14:51 GMT -5
"make her do something extremely idiotic, like accidentally walk off a cliff or something"
No, no that's not how Paolini would write it. More like this. "As the beautifully elegant Arya who is too hot for everyone in the world began to step slowly of the ragged cliff that complimented her hair perfectly in colour Arya was looking perfect. Suddenly, as she stepped off the cliff and the readers were beginning to cheer, it turns out she's an uber powerful angel who is the god of the world. The wings that appear from her beautifully cropped shoulders were so powerful when she flapped them, she exploded and so did Eragon, but Saphira was too cool to die. Galbatorix ruled his kingdom fairly, and Saphbira and Shruikan "got it on".
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